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I agree these look really nice!!! The design is well thought out, but.......... I'll wait to hear how the bearing pockets fit, as I've had issues with tolerances on SSD products previously. Hopefully the consumer reviews come back positive, these might just get me.

Oh I think you are talking about trimming the wheel... I see what you mean now...

I thought you were talking about trimming the portal covers, so I was only looking at the covers

I still wonder about that bump though... I just looked on my TRX-4 and the beadlocks rings don't have much clearance with the top of the stock portal covers, like 1mm, it's a tight fit. If it does rub on top of the cover, is there any room on the covers to trim without breaking through in that area?

If the need arises to replace worn bearings that are in a blind hole, easy peasy.

All you need is a little bit of sliced white bread, just press it in the hole and compress it, add more compress it, add more compress it....the bearing will pop right out !

Iíve done this a few times with cars and trucks and machinery. Either use a bolt real close to the size of the hole or use a drill bit upside down, just use a brass hammer so you donít damage the tip of the drill bit.

I have used the bread trick to remove clutch pilot bearings in the past with great success. Generally the bread trick requires an air pocket behind the bushing/bearing in order to generate the pressure to move it. These portal covers don't have any space behind the bearings so I am not sure it would work. I found a dental type pick works best to just pick the bearing out.

Rocks and dirt are always a possible problem no matter how much clearance you have. If the wheel clears the portal cover then go for it. You can't worry about some random stone getting in the way. It's called Murphy's Law.